Being a member of a book club is an excellent excuse to escape everyday life where you have to deal with everything from toddler tantrums to tween drama time and teen tribulations. As a mom, I know this strategy first hand! As the host of both virtual and real life book clubs, I also know how important it is to mix things up and bring some variety to the book club table. A book club is the perfect opportunity to add some history, mystery, and romance to your reading list through historical fiction novels. Why not have your book club venture into this genre?
What is the one book to break barriers? That is the question host Wab Kinew posed for the 14th edition of CBC's Canada Reads aka Battle of the Books. This year Canada Reads is all about books that can change perspectives, challenge stereotypes, and illuminate issues.
Have you been following the Scotiabank Giller Prize action this year? As a Can Lit fan, I eagerly await this list hoping to find some new gems to read, and I love to follow any contest that highlights and supports our Canadian literary talent! The list of 12 books on the Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist was announced on September 17, 2014.
The 2014 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist was announced along with some exciting news about improved prizes! Yes, you heard that right Canadian authors and Can Lit fans! The big winner will now receive a whopping $100,000, up from $50,000, and the remaining finalists will receive a not too shabby $10,000, up from $5,000, which basically means bigger bucks to help celebrate and encourage our stellar Canadian authors!
The secret to success. Isn't that what many of us want? We want the recipe, the formula, or the template to gain personal and professional success. Is it possible for a mom to attain career success after giving birth? Is there opportunity after maternity? According to Reva Seth and the over 500 women she interviewed the answer is yes! Read on to find out how you can win a copy of Reva Seth's The MomShift and join a Twitter chat with the special guest author.
Canada Reads asked Canadians, "What is the one novel that could change our nation?" and they narrowed down the gazillion or so suggestions to make up the Canada Reads 2014 Top 40 longlist of books!
All right moms, be honest. Do you have days when you just can't wait until wine o'clock? Are you with me? I know it's not responsible to drink on the job, and parenting is a 24/7 job, but seriously,some daysneed to end with a little pick-me-up! Parenting can be tough in so many ways and new moms can benefit from regular doses of honest advice but maybe with a spoonful of liqueur to help it go down. Lyranda and Fiona are in the thick of new parenthood but they still have vague recall of what life was like pre-kids.
Julie Booker is a Canadian author who really has a witty way with words. Her first book is a collection of short stories called UP, UP, UP. Booker has already earned impressive awards from the literary world. Her fiction has been shortlisted for the Metcalf-Rooke Award, and published in the 2010 edition of Best Canadian Stories. In 2009 Booker won the Writer's Union of Canada's Short Prose Competition for Developing Writers.
